2016 was undoubtedly a meager one in terms of IPO activity. There were just 105 U.S IPOs last year, down from 170 in 2015 and 275 in 2014.
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March 31 - Hedge Funds, News
David Tepper of Appaloosa Management is one of the most closely followed hedge fund managers in the world.
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March 13 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Trian Fund Management, which was founded in 2005 by billionaire Nelson Peltz, is today a multi-billion dollar investment management firm and of the 140 Biggest and Most Famous...
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March 10 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Founded in 2001, JANA Partners is led by billionaire Barry Rosenstein, along with co-portfolio managers David DiDomenico and Scott Ostfeld.
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March 9 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Steven Cohen founded the family office Point72 Asset Management in 2014 after agreeing to close his hugely successful hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors.
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March 8 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Healthcare stocks generally offer good dividend yields and a safe stream of cash flow given the recession-proof nature of the industry.
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March 8 - Hedge Funds, News
Unlike some of the other 140 Biggest and Most Famous Activist Hedge Funds, which have seen their assets under management dwindle due to poor performance, billionaire Leon Cooperman...
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March 7 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Penny stocks are very risky to invest in, mainly due to the fact that many of these companies are trading over the counter and usually don't provide a lot of information to investors...
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March 7 - Hedge Funds, News
Abrams Capital, the Boston-based, value-focused hedge fund founded by reclusive billionaire David Abrams, recently revealed its 13F portfolio as of the end of 2016 via a filing...
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March 7 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Keith Meister founded Corvex Capital, one of the biggest and most famous activist hedge funds, in 2011 after raising a seed capital of $250 million from George Soros.
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February 28 - Hedge Funds, News
Lone Pine Capital was started in 1997 by “Tiger Cub” Stephen Mandel, who is regarded as one of the most successful hedge fund managers in recent times with Lone Pine Capital...
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February 28 - Hedge Funds, News
Discovery Capital Management is a US-based hedge fund founded in 1999 by Robert Citrone.
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February 27 - Hedge Funds, News
Julian Robertson is an iconic hedge fund manager who started Tiger Management in 1980.
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February 27 - Hedge Funds, News
Tiger Global Management was founded by former Julian Robertson's Tiger Management employee Chase Coleman in 2001.
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February 24 - Hedge Funds, News
OZ Management is one of the largest hedge funds in the world with more than $61 billion in assets under management (for further hedge fund reading, don't miss the 140 Biggest ...
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February 18 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller is the founder and CEO of the Duquesne Family Office.
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February 17 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
The last two years have been dismal for Fir Tree, the hedge fund founded by Jeffrey Tannenbaum.
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February 17 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Viking Global Investors is a Greenwich, Connecticut-based hedge fund started in 1999 by billionaire Andreas Halvorsen.
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February 16 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Billionaire Mario Gabelli is among the few value investors on the Street who don't shy away from speaking their mind or revealing their trade ideas.
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February 16 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has been constantly in the news since Donald Trump launched his Presidential campaign.
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February 16 - Activism, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square is well-known for holding a concentrated equity portfolio with a few, but rather large, positions.
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February 16 - Hedge Funds, News
As the deadline for submitting 13F filings for the end of the fourth quarter expired yesterday, billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway revealed its 13F portfolio as of...
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February 15 - Hedge Funds, News
With the 13F filing deadline here, we're now wading into the deluge of filings from some of the top minds in the finance industry.
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February 15 - Activism, Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
Citadel Advisors is a Chicago-based hedge fund run by Ken Griffin, who ranked tenth on our list of the most successful investors in the world, based on net worth.
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February 15 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News
2016 was again a dismal year for the hedge fund industry, with a lot of hedge funds failing to beat the benchmark and some trailing it by a huge margin.
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February 15 - Hedge Fund Analysis, Hedge Funds, News